STATEMENTS

LFL Press Statement 1 September 2015 Gross abuse of power in mass arrest and detention of Rumah Api Lawyers for Liberty is shocked and appalled at the police’s raid of independent music venue Rumah Api during the ‘Party Tonight, Revolution Tomorrow’ event on the eve of #Bersih4 where more than a hundred persons including the venue owners,…

Press Statement Investigating the PM and the rule of law 18 August 2015 Lawyers for Liberty views with extreme concern Abdul Rahman Dahlan, BN’s Strategic Communications Director’s interview in The Star Online, “Swimming against the tide to get to the truth”, 16 August 2015, that raised a number of contentious matters regarding the 1MDB scandal.…

Press Statement Questionable motives and benefits in bringing in 1.5 million migrant workers 12 August 2015 Lawyers for Liberty views with extreme concern the government’s plan to bring in 1.5 million Bangladeshi workers over the next three years when clearly its migrant workers management, policies and laws are in dire need of serious reform…

Press Statement As prisoner of conscience, Anwar deserves better treatment 10 August 2015 Today is Anwar Ibrahim’s 68th birthday and the 182nd day spent as a prisoner of conscience in Sungai Buloh Prison. On 10 February 2015, the Federal Court sentenced him to five years’ imprisonment for a preposterous sodomy charge, after a trial and appeal process that was…

Press Statement Gani Patail’s removal as AG reckless and unconstitutional 28 July 2015 Lawyers for Liberty views with extreme concern the sudden removal of Attorney General Gani Patail by the Prime Minister in a wide ranging reshuffling move that included members of his Cabinet. While it may be the PM’s prerogative to appoint and remove…

Press Statement The suspension of The Edge is a most serious assault on press freedom 24 July 2015 Lawyers for Liberty condemns in the strongest possible terms the Home Ministry’s three-month suspension order against The Edge Weekly and The Edge Financial Daily for their reporting of the 1MDB scandal. This is a most serious assault on…

Press Statement Travel ban is unconstitutional and a blatant abuse of power 22 July 2015 Lawyers for Liberty is shocked and appalled that members of Parliament Tony Pua, Rafizi Ramli and The Edge Media Group owner Tong Kooi Ong have been barred from leaving the country. The immigration authorities stopped Tony Pua today at KLIA 2…

Press Statement MCMC’s blocking of Sarawak Report is crude and backward 20 July 2015 Lawyers for Liberty views with extreme concern the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission’s (MCMC) order to block Sarawak Report’s website, on the ground of ‘national stability’ for publishing ‘unverified’ news that were pending investigations. Although MCMC does not refer to Sarawak Report’s…

Press Statement Banking confidentiality does not apply to criminal investigations 14 July 2015 Lawyers for Liberty is appalled that the authorities seem more concerned in investigating those responsible for leaking information relating to the 1MDB scandal rather than the extremely serious exposé implicating Prime Minister Najib Razak in connection with RM2.6 billion which was allegedly deposited in…

Press Statement Government must explain purchase and use of spyware 8 July 2015 Lawyers for Liberty views with extreme concern reports that Malaysian enforcement authorities and the Prime Minister’s Office have acquired intrusion or malicious spyware from Hacking Team, a notorious Italian company known for dealings with repressive regimes or states with dubious human rights…

Press Statement 1 July 2015 Explain 1MDB scandal instead of retaliating against The Edge Lawyers for Liberty views with extreme concern the Home Ministry’s action of issuing a show cause letter to The Edge over what Putrajaya deemed to be “unverified” news that was published by the newspaper on the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal. This…